[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 87 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
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                Executive Order 13152 of May 2, 2000

                
Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal 
                Employment Opportunity in Federal Government

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States, and in 
                order to provide for a uniform policy for the Federal 
                Government to prohibit discrimination based on an 
                individual's status as a parent, it is hereby ordered 
                that Executive Order 11478, as amended, is further 
                amended as follows:

                Section 1. Amend the first sentence of section 1 by 
                substituting ``sexual orientation, or status as a 
                parent.'' for ``or sexual orientation.''

                Sec. 2. Insert the following new sections 6 and 7 after 
                section 5:

                    ``Sec. 6. `Status as a parent' refers to the status 
                of an individual who, with respect to an individual who 
                is under the age of 18 or who is 18 or older but is 
                incapable of self-care because of a physical or mental 
                disability, is:

(a)

a biological parent;

(b)

an adoptive parent;

(c)

a foster parent;

(d)

a stepparent;

(e)

a custodian of a legal ward;

(f)

in loco parentis over such an individual; or

(g)

actively seeking legal custody or adoption of such an individual.

                    ``Sec. 7. The Office of Personnel Management shall 
                be authorized to develop guidance on the provisions of 
                this order prohibiting discrimination on the basis of 
                an individual's sexual orientation or status as a 
                parent.''

                Sec. 3. Amend section 4 by substituting ``and 
                appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under 
                this Order.'' for ``appropriate to carry out this 
                Order.''

                Sec. 4. Renumber current sections 6, 7, and 8 as 
                sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively.

                Sec. 5. Add a section 11 to read as follows:

                    ``Sec. 11. This Executive Order does not confer any 
                right or benefit enforceable in law or equity against 
                the United States or its representatives.''

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 2, 2000.

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